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Midfield Mobile Home Park (MMHP)

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The Midfield
Mobile Home Park (MMHP) is located at 954-16 Ave N.E. on approximately 17 acres of
land owned by The City of Calgary (The City).Mobile homes on the site are owned by private citizens (tenants) who
rent the land on which their mobile home is located from The City, Calgary Housing Company (CHC) or Calhome Properties.CHC has maintained and operated Midfield over
the years.

The water and
sewer pipelines at Midfield are now 40 plus years old and numerous repairs have
been required in recent years.The soil
conditions are accelerating the corrosion of the pipes beyond what is typical, particularly
the joints in the system.It is expected
that the number of required repairs will continue to increase each year until
further repair is no longer feasible and full replacement of water and sewer pipelines
is the only option.It is very difficult
to access both the water and sanitary lines because they run directly
underneath the mobile homes and because mobiles are tightly spaced, often with
additional improvements (such as decks, fences and sheds) or trees located between
the sites.In order to repair or replace
the water and sewer pipelines it is necessary to remove the mobile homes.These ongoing water and sewer pipeline failures
have become costly and frequent for The City to repair and result in challenges
for the residents.

On May 27,
2014, Midfield tenants were informed that Calgary City Council (Council) came
to the difficult decision to close Midfield on September 30, 2017.

Current status

Council and
Administration understand and sincerely appreciate that the closure of Midfield
is not easy.To assist with the move
from Midfield and help make other housing arrangements, The City is offering
special support through the Midfield
Closure Program.

The Midfield Closure Program provides all
Midfield residents with access to free social service support provided through
Homewood Human Solutions.In addition,
Midfield tenants, who have signed tenancy agreement with CHC, Calhome
Properties or The City, and who meet certain eligibility requirements, will
have access to two payments: one payment to help cover some of the costs to
remove their mobile home from Midfield, and a second lump sum payment.

Future

Closing
Midfield and using the lands for a purpose other than a mobile home park aligns
with numerous City planning documents including the Municipal Development Plan
(MDP) and the Calgary Transportation Plan (CTP).

In addition,
Council approved the Winston
Heights/Mountview Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) which recommends that the Midfield
lands be redeveloped as a mixed use commercial, office and residential
development, including affordable housing.The ARP identifies this site as a landmark entryway for the 16 Avenue
Corridor and proposes an architecturally significant development that
compliments its topography and location.The Midfield lands are currently zoned as C-COR2 (Commercial Corridor 2
District) under Land Use Bylaw 1P2007, which does not provide for a mobile home
park.

Program Contacts

Midfield
Closure Program, general information: 403-268-8969

Calgary Housing
Company: 403-277-7356

History

Year

​

​1968-1969

​Midfield
was developed by Richfield Development Corporation on land leased from The
City.

​1973

​Richfield
Development Corporation turned the operation and management of Midfield over to
The City.The City’s former Land
Department (later called Corporate Properties & Buildings) was originally
in charge of Midfield.

​2001

​Calgary
Housing Company assumed operations and management of Midfield on behalf of The
City.

Over the last
10 years, Administration has engaged and informed Midfield tenants of the
status of the water and sewer pipelines and direction from Council. Several
open houses and information sessions were held with tenants to provide detailed
information and also to obtain feedback on the possible options being evaluated
by Administration and Council.

​Year

​

2005​

​Information
session for Midfield tenants was held by the Ward Alderman Joe Cerci and Administration
(Corporate Properties & Buildings) to present information about the
condition of the water and sewer pipelines, three general approaches to address
the water and sewer pipeline problems, and to respond to tenants’ questions.

2006

​After
further analysis, Administration and Alderman Joe Ceci presented six options to
address the water and sewer pipelines challenge to Midfield tenants

2007

​Council
directed Administration to inform tenants of the closure of Midfield in
approximately five years, to continue the repair of pipelines on an as required
basis and to develop a relocation strategy for Midfield tenants.

2008

​Council
directed Administration to acquire a site for a new mobile home park, conduct a
detailed feasibility analysis, and initiate the redevelopment of Midfield following
the closure and relocation of tenants.

2010

​A
new City Council was elected and in 2011 the new Council directed
Administration to re-evaluate the Go Forward Strategy to ensure all possible
factors were considered and examined.

2014

​Council
approved plans to close Midfield and not pursue construction of a new mobile
home park at East Hills Estates.